Will Modi Administration Revive Indo-US Nuclear Deal?

Business Economics & Services Team (BEST)   Will Modi Administration Revive Indo-US Nuclear Deal? After being caught in the limbo for a long time, India's effort to flag off the Indo-US Nuclear deal signed in 2008 has kicked off new hopes and equal number of concerns. The Modi administration's decision  to revisit  the deal has rekindled the hopes of many who pitch for augmenting India's energy production through the perceived risky route of nuclear reactors. The implementation of the landmark deal was caught up in several...

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How Reliable Is Official Statistics in India?

Business Economics & Services Team (BEST)                                         How Reliable Is Official Statistics in India? Many people are openly questioning the veracity of official statistics in India. The old idiom - lies, blatant lies and statistics - seems to have come back.  Look at the official statistics that has been put in the public domain yesterday. It says that  GDP growth for July-September 2014 has...

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Will Oil Loose its Shine?

Business Economics & services team (BEST)                                                 Will Oil Loose Its Shine ? As expected, the OPEC has voted against cutting back oil production to stem the falling prices. Is there any method in the madness? What are the reasons for the roll over of the production target?...

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India-US IPR War Awaits Obama, Modi Mediation

Business Economic & services Team (BEST)               India -US IPR War Awaits  Obama  Modi Mediation   A lot of debate, informed and ill - informed,  is happening on the India-US stand off in the IPR regime. There are accusations and counter accusations from both countries. Happily, the severest of the criticisms from either side are couched in diplomatic niceties, unlike the bilateral talk between India and Pakistan, where the words and phrases are intimidating...

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.Better Late Than Never-A Critique on Possible Relief to Shell & Voda

Business Economics & Services Team (BEST)                                              Better Late Than Never-A Critique on Possible Relief to Shell & Voda The statement of the Attorney General of India, that the Government is unlikely to approach the Supreme Court against the Bombay High Court decision, which has laid down some clarity on the tax on assets that are   transferred  is welcomed widely both in India...

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Be Courageous Rajan: Keep Nation's Interest First

Business Economics & Services Team (BEST)               Business Economics & Services Team (BEST) Be Courageous Rajan: Keep Nation's Interest First  The media is hell bent on pushing RBI Governor Raghurm Rajan  to do the most expected and that is slashing the interest rate. There are suggestive stories appearing with regularity in almost all newspapers about the imminent rate cut, He seemed to be a listener most of the time the cacophony of demands and sometimes...

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Many More to Follow Xiaomi Trail in Telecom

Business Economic & Services Team (BEST)                               Many More to  Follow Xiaomi Trail in Telecom     For the growing tribe of Indian mobile telephone users, lovers and connoisseurs, the news about Xiaomi's, China's largest mobile phone manufacturer proposing to set up a manufacturing base in India, will be a welcome news. So also for the government, which...

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US IPR Group's Meeting with Indian Higher Judiciary Thwarted-Does it Augur Well?

   Business Economics & Services Team (BEST)                US IPR Group's Meeting with Indian Higher Judiciary Thwarted-Does it  Augur Well?    The raging debate today is whether the pressure groups are allowed to meet the judiciary to explain their  views. The case in point is the effort of the US IP body -Intellectual Property Owners' Association -to meet the higher judiciary -Delhi High Court judges and the Intellectual Property ...

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FM's Romance with Middle Class

Business Economics & Services Team (BEST)                                                FM's Romance with Middle Class When the General Budget is round the corner, the vested interests have their own way to influence the finance minister. With little support from media, their wish lists can be played up to any proportion. That is happening every year. This year also it has started well in advance. First because...

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What Happens When Modi meets Obama in New Delhi on 26th January 2015?

                                  What Happens When Modi meets Obama  in New Delhi on 26th January 2015? News reports are pouring about the forthcoming visit of US President Barak Obama to India to be the guest of honor for the Republic Day   parade of India, a ritualistic event held every year with a lot of enthusiasm and fanfare. Those who are known about Prime Minister...

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Will China’s Interest Rate Cut Impact India?

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More On Shell Decision-A Follow Up Story

Business Economics & Services Team (BEST)      A follow Up Story                                                                                             ...

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SAARC Free Trade Zone -More Hype, a Non Starter

 Business Economics $ Services Team (BEST)                                         SAARC Free Trade Zone -More  Hype,  a Non Starter Ahead of the forthcoming Summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) to be held in Kathmandu shortly, a lot of news are in the public domain speculating on the agenda, outcome and things of that nature. Most hotly debated issues are the likely conclusion of two agreements...

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